literally the only thing i wanted out of this character is for his taunt to be the shit with the marbles, I couldn't be happier this character looks fucking sick
Still Wish he had the ability to switch out his Airbending moves with Earthbending, Firebending, and water bending moves. As well as have him use The Avatar State as a Final Smash (They really should include Final Smashes in the game). And that they got his original voice actor to come in and do some recording (Would have been if Aang was a Codec User like Pit Or Snake from Smash and he could contact the other Avatars or his friends who aren't in the game to give him advice on the other characters). All that would have been neat to see. And I swear. If they give Korra the ability to bend all 4 elements and not Aang. I'm going to be extremely pissed.
The Avatar series would be such a great choice for a series exclusive brawler type game. It would be super awesome to fight as characters from ether Last Airbender and Korra. Not to mention characters from the comics and/or potentially a new upcoming TV series. Tenzin versus fire lord Ozai. Iroh versus old Toph. Suki versus Ty Lee. Kyoshi versus Korra. So many fun matchups, it could be great.
I'd imagine that characters like Kyoshi would require a lot of creative energy to create an original moveset for them. Even then, their movesets would also have to be distinct from other benders of the same type and Avatars in order to make characters feel unique instead of clones of one another. To be brutally honest, I think it'd be too challenging to make a fighting game that makes every bender and Avatar feel distinct from one another, make them feel like they represent the characters from the show, and have a wide range of characters from The Last Airbender, Korra, and the comics. A lot of their bending styles are derived from the same styles of fighting, so that really cuts down on the amount of diverse fighting styles we could see amongst benders...
That’s a perfect choice for a taunt, but his eyebrows made it look like his face was sliced off from the rest of his head during it, so it was a bit terrifying until I looked closer.
His taunt, victory animation, and special attacks are everything I hoped for! Well, except the Neutral Special, I was hoping that'd be a charged Air Blast with huge knockback. But still, this is awesome!
They nailed him so well all that was missing really was one of his iconic air blasts he's so fond of. Something like the gust bellows item in smash would've been interesting
I agree but I think theyll probably give that to Korra which make sense since A) we saw more of her with all four elements B) Aang prefered to use his air moves in combat and really only used the other elements when he had to but Korra knew like 3 of them when she was 4 or whatever
@@nautilume7114 oh yeah not even one or two, which is lame, his entire journey was about learning those moves, but I guess more elemental moves less original moves for korra and toph? I wonder if toph will have sand and metal bending. So korra is going to be fire I'm guessing. Aang air. Toph earth. Dlc Katara for water, zuko for another fire plus popular, blue spirit costume for leonardo.... Or maybe korra is gonna have a few of every element, but in small doses over how pronounced they are in the other avatar cast.
I think that's mostly due to the lack of visual effects Happens to me with smash too Compare melee or 64 with later games, and particularly ultimate The moves started to have this cartoonish smear effect not on the move itself, but like an added detail like if it were a comic book
Was hoping for more fluidity in his animations since he's an Airbender. Everything just looks like jarring typical fighting game punches and kicks. To me it doesn't feel that much like Aang, but some other fighting character with an Aang costume
Yeah. His air scooter is the only move that looks unique to him. Otherwise all of his moves look like normal fighting moves. There is a lack of animation for his bending moves.
same, they wanted to use pre-book 1 Aang, but didn't give him a moveset to match his evasive/pacifist mindset. woulda been nice to see more airbending animations and pushback attacks instead of the roundhouses and shoryukens. they didn't showcase if it was possible, but he should also be able to use the air scooter while mid air and be able to jump off of it as well.
I think that Korra might have a water based moveset, Toph an earth based set, and if the game has DLC/extra characters added, either Mako or Zuko as a fire based move set
Aang used air the most and stayed off the ground in most fights. Focused on getting to where he has to be over starting fights so he just blew everyone away. Korra used water , earth and fire. She was way more grounded and fought head on. Heck, she even actively used close ranged fire and earth attacks to enhance her punches over the distance game aang did. They would be very different characters is what im saying
Yeah good point. What's interesting about Korra is that despite being Water Tribe, she usually opens fights with Fire and Earth. Aang is usually more avoidant in his battles but she's very head-on...for better and for worse lol.
well i didn’t think Nigel Thornberry was particularly bloodthirsty either but here we are there’s a doctor character in Guilty Gear called Faust whose whole shtick is that he thinks he’s helping his opponent with all his moves. in my headcanon i kind of imagine the same thing for characters like Nigel
His moveset doesn't look like it uses circular movements though, like Ba Gua. So...it's more like Aang was just smacked onto a generic areal based moveset
Just made a similar comment. Was honestly pretty disappointed. There are plenty of excellent wushu people in the movie and games industry that could have pointed them in the right direction. Even a couple of hours of RUclips research on wushu bagua and gunshu (staff) should have produced better looking movements
i love that he taunts with the marbles but the 3d model looks really unfinished, they just grafted another face onto his face, and you can see the border where they did it, it looks like he's wearing a mask, very weird
It would have been cool to see his ground heavy attacks be the other 3 elements at least, like a water strike for mid, an upwards flame for high, and a ground slam for low.
They need to make the bending effects more prominent. It looks like he's just straight up hitting him with his fist. I love Aang, but his moveset doesn't look like he's bending at all.
@@bratwurstsausage426 I know right? In the show if he punches, it is usually followed by a gust of wind. What they should've done was made most of his attacks propel air forward or at least all of his "punch" attacks. Like when he does the dash palm thing, he could've propelled the air forward which has a stronger hitbox at the end of the wind and can push people back, but if it misses for the most part, you'll still get hit by the palms, but a lot weaker with little knockback. Aang was never known for being a physical powerhouse
It feels like fire in the early Smash games, like something that looks out of place and with almost 0 presence, maybe they could make it more stylished if the air was bigger and more grey-white, not just lines. We need more air ball and less spider webs.
@Aarogance COMPLETE inconsistency with character traits. He fights by dodging. Ever seen Avatar the last air bender???? Or played smash where they do the characters the right way???? Didn’t think I needed to spell it out for you
@@parkerhubbell3802 Bruh you can't have a fighting character that just dances around. They translated Aang's gracefulness into his playstyle rather than his moves. The dude needs to attack properly otherwise we got an Olimar situation.
Toph could just as easily be one of the 2 characters that weren't ready for launch and who are free DLC. Garfield could be our final pre release reveal
“Air ball”???? I think you mean air scooter. This game looks fun, and I know some people are saying that it’s meta might be better than Smash’s, but from what I’ve seen a lot of the move sets seem kinda lame - mostly punches or kicks or pushes. It doesn’t look like there’s a whole lot of individuality in the move sets.
The lack of voices from the characters adds to that lack of individuality. It’s weird to see characters all known for their voices not saying anything or even grunts. It feels lifeless
Rooster Teeth managed to get one (kinda) for RWBY, so mayb the dream's not too far-winded for Avatar-fighter in the future... Huh, did I just write a pun...
Honestly him not using all 4 elements ain't really a problem to me. Air is just his BnB and that's just fine. However, I don't think his moves are creative enough. Like there's not many moves like where he uses his staff and expand his bending. That would've been perfect for his strong attacks
THANK YOU!!! I thought I was the only one. It genuinely bothers me. He's the freaking avatar, the whole show is about learning all elements and mans only has one move using something other than air. Bruh.
He looks fun... But he doesn't seem represented as well as I'd hoped. I mean he's an Avatar. I was kind of hoping all 4 elements to be incorporated into his kit. Aang and Korra having access to the same elements, but still fighting differently was what I was excited for, but eh.
I'm guessing its because they want Korra to be more than just a reskin of aang, and Toph to be unique. To be fair Aang did use airbending more than anything else, and his show was literally titled "the last airbender".
I think its fine this way. Even in the show Aang mostly fights with air. Also by having him be air focused, they can probably have Korra do water and Toph earth allowing each to feel unique in gameplay instead of having "semi-clone" characters.
Let's hope that that comes later. This game is probably going to sell like hotcakes and they've already talked about backfilling voice lines which would be great.
Why wasn't the directions of his moves correlated to a specific element? Like down is earth, up is wind, side is water, and neutral is fire; just as an example.
For everyone asking for Jimmy and Timmy: 1) Frederator Studios and O Entertainment are a thing 2) They'll probably be DLC 3) The devs confirmed if they were in they'd be on the box art
Nick owns both shows though o entertainment was just the animation studio and frederator just produced the episodes that would be like cartoon network asking frederator to use adventure time to put them in brawlhalla
Idk if I'm in the minority with this, but whole game looks kind of unimpressive imo. The concept was a Day 1 purchase, but the implementation is "I hope it goes on sale fast." Reading a lot of comments about the lack of budget but I guess the hype was enough to guarantee some DLC later? Hope they smooth out some things and get rights to better soundtracks too
@@meyes5671 $50 game, and no, sound in a video game is not an unrealistic expectation. Whether it was a budget, or anything else that prevented the rights or inability to fill this game with better background music and sound effects, that is something that is entirely within the game's realm of "fault", though I'm not sure why blame is needed. The game can still be fun, it may even still be "worth" it. A few showcases aren't enough to give a definitive answer on anything like that until it is in the players' hands. If it makes you feel any better, I saw a much better counterpoint in Zim's video showcase today: If you want this game to have meaningful updates, support it on launch for max profit and best numbers for the devs (not the commenter's exact words). You can learn from this commenter. Come up with some substance instead of relying on the people's ridiculous desires to assign blame to everything.
So they give Lucy, a normal child, two attack modes, but Aang, the one who ended The Hundred Year War and brought peace to the four nations by beating the Fire Lord Ozai, only airbends ????
I have to say, his animations are really off-putting to me. Part of what made ATLA so cool was that the characters' moves/fighting style were directly based on real martial arts (iirc, airbending is based on Ba Gua). I mean no offense to the animator(s), but what we have here looks nonsensical by comparison, and makes me seriously question how much research/referencing into the source material the animator(s) did. His idle animation looks to be based on Aang's iconic stance in the series (again, based on real-world martial arts/fighting), but ingame it comes across as incorrect. It just looks off in terms of structural integrity/practicality (why is he leaning/teetering downward like that?) not to mention awkward/silly. This is a confusing issue to me because I would think the animator would have plenty of reference material in the series to base the animation on. Very disappointed the show's real martial arts roots aren't reflected to any meaningful extent in his attacks, but I could live with it if the animations still looked convincing and cool to me. Unfortunately, they look similarly awkward/silly to the idle animation in my opinion ("wind chop"/light down looks especially ridiculous in my opinion). Also I find it strange/off-putting that he doesn't seem to be bending for a lot of the attacks. He's just sorta... Whacking them. At least he looks fun gameplay-wise, but I'm pretty disappointed :/ Again, nothing but respect for the animator(s) (I'm sure it's way harder than I can imagine), but I really hope this can still be cleaned up. If anyone is interested in ATLA's real martial-arts roots, here's a great article :) www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a32689010/avatar-the-last-airbender-martial-arts/
Big Bob Moveset Light Neutral: Dad Grip Light Upper: Put on Crown Light Down: Angry Stomp Air Light Neutral: Aerial Dad Grip Air Light Upper: Wrench Upper Air Light Down: Take Off Loafers Light Dash: Marathon Run Heavy Neutral: Belt Whip Heavy Upper: Driver Heavy Down: Faulty Beeper Air Heavy Neutral: Golf Bag Swing Air Heavy Upper: Forearm Jerk Air Heavy Down: Big Beeper Heavy Dash: Domestic Abuse Neutral Special: Beeper Toss Up Special: Ladder Climb Down Special: Bulging Vein Counter
Visually he looks a bit...rough to me, though I understand that due to the budget. Regardless I'm happy he's in this game, and he's still the character I look forward to playing the most. I hope we get one more Avatar character. I know there's that Toph leak going around which would be just as great, but I'm gonna wait for something official before i get my hopes up. I just can't wait these last few days.
Looks like they used Aang from Season 1 where he only knows airbending, either way this game isn't Smash Bros. quality so honestly you're not gonna get much
@@johnsoapmactavish9921 But even book 1 Aang was learning water throughout. They probably wanted Aang to be air since Toph is solely earth, with Korra taking over fire and water primarily with some extras.
I'm a tad disappointed Aang doesn't seem to use the other elements when he fights, beyond air-bending, but he still looks really good! The marble trick for his taunt is perfect.
Aang, Korra, Toph, and Zuko is literally all I wanted to see and y’all made that happen with Aang and Korra thank y’all I been waiting for these two for forever now😂
I was expecting Aang to fight passively, like the ba gua fighting style he does in the show. Aang doesn't seem like the character that punches and kicks directly
Instead of “Spinning Staff,” his Neutral Special should have a been a counter that, after charging 3 times, would allow the player to activate “The Avatar State” which changes the mechanics of his Special Moves for a short time (8-12 seconds). In the Avatar State, his Neutral Special becomes a projectile that alternates between all the elements. If charged all the way, he releases all four elements at once, but this takes him out of the Avatar State. His Up Special “Air Glide” becomes “Elemental Flight,” where he gets free flight while the elements spin around him (like Rob’s Up Special in Smash but with a hit box and a bit more horizontal mobility). I can’t think of anything for an upgraded Down Special “Air Ball.” Does anyone have any ideas? Maybe like a Dash/Forward Charge? Anyways, I feel like this addition of “The Avatar State” makes more sense for his character. The Air Benders’ whole idea is to use the opponent’s energy against them, so a counter makes a lot of sense. And in the show (in the beginning at least), the Avatar State only activated when someone was being attacked. I feel like more could have been done with this character; he is the Avatar after all! And it could all be balanced by decreasing the time the Avatar State lasts or increasing how many counters the player must land. The upgraded specials could also be slower. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
I really love the music in this stage. It's so good! On an unrelated note: I never really believed the leaks, I just waited for the characters to be officially revealed.
Anng looks cool for combos, I like how the avatar state gives him more elements I only wish he had a tiny splash more. I guess we could say this is aang right before he got locked in the ice.
Which is funny because Aang in the series is a master of negative jing, aka waiting for your opponent to attack and countering. If we were going by lore he'd be more of a bait and punish character.
@@1sdani That would probably more appropriate I suppose. He might still play like that though, considering his main thing seems to be movement speed. It might be hard to play bait and punish in this game though cause a lot of moves look super safe and unreactable.
Kinda a shame Aang isn't zoner type character spamming projectiles like he was in Nickelodeon flash fighting games, but I can see why you made him this way.
ngl kind of disappointed with the range on his light and heavy attacks when in the show his air attacks covered a lot of distance so it makes no sense to have such a small hitbox on them judging from the trailer
its official. Every human like character looks incredibly ugly, poorly animated and unpolished. Animated characters like patrick, reptar, cat dog etc look well done. This games lack of visual polish aggravates me. i dont need smash quality but jesus lol dont even get me started at how terribly disappointed I was with danny phantoms showcase.
@@QwertyS3 the game is just...unfinished. It feels bland. We cant call it better than smash. Only more versatile. But will that versatility translate properly into what they had in mind? We dont know. great ideas for sure though. But no voice acting? shoddy animations. alot of screens look so plane like it was "just enough". Dont get me wrong. im buying this game. i WANT TO SUPPORT A EFFORT THAT WHEN OUT ITS WAY TO BE DIFFERENT AND COMPETITIVE. But with all the options they added will come a crazy lack of balance. Right now, nothing is actually better than smash. just different ideas. Smash ultimate implemented intention changes and mechanics and it was genius, that came from their experience, lets see where nick all stars can go. if we dont support this project, theyll never get the funding to truly bring out their potential. but i cant help by be bothered by visual things lol
@@lionzcrown1702 It angers me. Catdog and Reptar are by far my favorite characters in this game, they have so much personality in their animations. But...they did my boys Danny and Aang so dirty. Yeah sure, Danny's design might not translate well to 3D, but they could've at least changed his expression to anything other than this default plastered smile on his face. Ghostly wail also looks really lame compared to how hyped it was in the show. And Aang just moves too stiff for me. He does all of these punches, elbows, and kicks...it just doesn't feel right. Avatar state only pops with ONE MOVE. They could've had a mechanic going and they blew it. At least he does the marble trick as a taunt, but even that doesn't look right. I hate to bitch, but I just feel passionate about my favorite characters finally getting a chance in a fighting game. I want to see them at their full potential, ya know?
@@djdragondrawer9339 I absolutely agree. But that thing about being hard to animate doesn't apply, nintendo found a style for everyone! And it works! I'm not saying they have to be on the same level of polish. But in my mind I know how ang would look. They just don't match the art style as the others do. That's the issue. Patrick and reptar for example represent this art style they chose at its finest. Ang and Danny represent slap city. Crazy.
Is it just me or did GameMill really drop the ball with movesets for Danny Phantom and Avatar Aang? They lack the clarity and passion that other characters received.
Most of the moves look incredibly samey honestly. That said it is especially disappointing to see an Avatar character seem to get a less creative set than say Reptar, a side character who never actually had any lore to base moves on. (Even so, if I buy the game, it will be because of Reptar. Reptar is the best. Lol)
This moveset is garbage. Doesn't represent Aang accurately at all. Aang doesn't punch or kick. He bends the elements. I've seen a better moveset in Mugen.
I hate the say this since it sounds like the devs really care about the game. But doesn't seem like they understand any of the basics of the Chinese martial arts behind the bending. I know it's just a kids game, but the show was also just a "kids show" and they paid a ton of attention to the details and always got things right. After all, it was a huge part of the show There are a ton of weird things going on, but oh man, those default standing animations and idle animations are really atrocious. They tried to give him a classic bagua position (which is what airbending is based on). However, his body position and pose is completely wrong. Even a beginner with 30mins of instruction wouldn't look like that. Knee position make no sense, hands /arm positions are completely wrong, and he's looking at the floor, and not his opponent. And he bobs up and down in this position a ton, which is a completely anti-bagua. Picking this position in general is problematic since you usually step in a circle from there. Instead they make him run forward/backward which looks super awkward, because, well it is mechanically awkward from that position. Even worse is his idle where he brings his hands to his center. This is an ending pose to forms, basically what you do at the end of routine. In the show, they used this a few times with bending to signify a final closing move in a fight. Here he's just doing it randomly with no reason. And again, the position, is completely wrong. It's supposed to be with legs equidistant from the center. It looks extremely awkward. The rest of his staff/attack moves don't look like they're based on anything. Not going to go in-depth on those since they're all so random and weird looking, but none of it looks wushu (Chinese martial arts) based or coherent. In the show, they drew on some basic northern style staff for his staff moves. If it is supposed to be wushu based, it is unfortunately so far off the mark that it no longer looks recognizable. Some references to get an idea of what bagua and staff movements should look like: *Bagua from Beijing Wushu Team member and Jet Li teammate Zhang Hongmei:* ruclips.net/video/3NHEOU88TaY/видео.html *Gunshu (staff) from Taolu World Cup Champion Achmad Hulaefi* ruclips.net/video/vHMtmkT3Ao4/видео.html
You said a lot of what I was trying to say but better! I just hope the devs see our concerns, though I'm not sure anything can be done this late in development...
he is the last "airbender" its literally his entire thing... how unique would he be if him AND korra used all elements? at least now it makes sense that he uses basically only air and korra uses everything but air because airbending is the style she struggled the most with.
literally the only thing i wanted out of this character is for his taunt to be the shit with the marbles, I couldn't be happier this character looks fucking sick
Honestly tho, couldnt even like the video till I saw it lol
The model is really bad tho, one of the worst.
Him and Korra both look really good
@@kerovibe Yeah the arms look really awkward on the model.
I agree, it’s perfect
Aang was so conflicted about killing Ozai, but he had no problem absolutely murdering Patrick lol
Fellow sobble
Patrick is clearly the bigger threat
Aang is a compassionate person. He saw what Patrick became and wanted to put him out of his misery. XD
Underrated comment! Lol
@@AwesomeGames007 Aang probably saw the Bikini Bottom Horror Web Comic Series.
Haven’t seen the video in full yet but if his taunt isn’t the marble trick I’ll be greatly disappointed.
EDIT: I am greatly satisfied.
What’s that little mask tho
@@admiralAlfonso9001 that isn't a mask. that's his eye brows
@@Cyberpotato-ki3br WHAT THE HECK
@@Cyberpotato-ki3br I didn't know eyebrows could go all the way around your face...
Still Wish he had the ability to switch out his Airbending moves with Earthbending, Firebending, and water bending moves.
As well as have him use The Avatar State as a Final Smash (They really should include Final Smashes in the game).
And that they got his original voice actor to come in and do some recording (Would have been if Aang was a Codec User like Pit Or Snake from Smash and he could contact the other Avatars or his friends who aren't in the game to give him advice on the other characters).
All that would have been neat to see.
And I swear.
If they give Korra the ability to bend all 4 elements and not Aang.
I'm going to be extremely pissed.
The Avatar series would be such a great choice for a series exclusive brawler type game. It would be super awesome to fight as characters from ether Last Airbender and Korra. Not to mention characters from the comics and/or potentially a new upcoming TV series. Tenzin versus fire lord Ozai. Iroh versus old Toph. Suki versus Ty Lee. Kyoshi versus Korra. So many fun matchups, it could be great.
Yesss
I want that so much. Mostly because I want to have Zuko, Azula, and Iroh beat the everliving shit out of Ozai.
I think it'll happen someday. Nick also needs to put in a bigger budget in these studios they find
It should just get its own game. Because of avatar now we can’t get Rocco, miko, jimmy, or xj9 in base game
I'd imagine that characters like Kyoshi would require a lot of creative energy to create an original moveset for them. Even then, their movesets would also have to be distinct from other benders of the same type and Avatars in order to make characters feel unique instead of clones of one another.
To be brutally honest, I think it'd be too challenging to make a fighting game that makes every bender and Avatar feel distinct from one another, make them feel like they represent the characters from the show, and have a wide range of characters from The Last Airbender, Korra, and the comics. A lot of their bending styles are derived from the same styles of fighting, so that really cuts down on the amount of diverse fighting styles we could see amongst benders...
Aangs doing a victory dance while Patrick's trying to kill himself in the back
BONK BONK BONK
Cmon, suicide jokes aren't funny.
Aang you’re the avatar why won’t you save him
Lmao
Suicidal star fish
He doesn't even drop his staff
I thought about you as soon as I saw the spinning staff move (when does he even use that in the series?). Love your videos!
For real why is his and Korra's whole moveset just punches and kicks, the thing that they only did (and correct me if I'm wrong) like twice in atla?
Sorry man now you gotta overanalyze his moveset
Wait he attacks with the staff for once nice
Oh shit. That means Aang's top tier for sure.
That’s a perfect choice for a taunt, but his eyebrows made it look like his face was sliced off from the rest of his head during it, so it was a bit terrifying until I looked closer.
I thought that too
Wait he isn’t wearing a mask
4:29 taunt timestamp
@@admiralAlfonso9001 No, it's just an odd facial expression that looks even more odd in 3D and at a distance. It's Aang's marble trick from the show.
I still can’t view it close enough to convince my mind that it’s not a mask.
His taunt, victory animation, and special attacks are everything I hoped for!
Well, except the Neutral Special, I was hoping that'd be a charged Air Blast with huge knockback.
But still, this is awesome!
What the hell is his taunt 😂
They nailed him so well all that was missing really was one of his iconic air blasts he's so fond of. Something like the gust bellows item in smash would've been interesting
Air scary
unfortunately and fortunately they made him so broken a strong projectile would have been overkill. He looks amazing
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I appreciate them giving Aang more air bending moves and giving the more diverse elements/Avatar stuff to Korra XD
He's very much Season 1 Aang
@Kendall Ferguson Korra is a better avatar who took on way more than aang ever could
@@weafy6007 HAHAHAHAHA
@@king_big_pp yeah except for the Avatar state, but tbh I’m glad they made his moves almost airbending exclusive, idk why
@@weafy6007 too bad the show was dogshit. Season 2 especially.
My God the rage, he grabbed him off stage and threw him lmao jeeeesh gonna be a cold winter of broken controllers 😭😭😂
oh boy Aang is gonna be the Kazuya of the game
I forgot air grabbing was a thing in this game.
I'm gonna have a hell of a time since I never played Melee
Air grabbing is a thing in this game? 👀😥
@@somuchfun8127 Yep
I LOVE that they made him an aerial fighter. Love his kit and his taunt but i wish he had more over 100% avatar state moves.
I agree but I think theyll probably give that to Korra which make sense since A) we saw more of her with all four elements B) Aang prefered to use his air moves in combat and really only used the other elements when he had to but Korra knew like 3 of them when she was 4 or whatever
Yeah when I saw that I thought all his specials would change but still, this is fine.
@@5h0ckblock yeah same, but honestly that's all he really did in avatar state was the four element barrier thing
And more moves of each of the elements. No water, earth, or fire moves…
@@nautilume7114 oh yeah not even one or two, which is lame, his entire journey was about learning those moves, but I guess more elemental moves less original moves for korra and toph? I wonder if toph will have sand and metal bending.
So korra is going to be fire I'm guessing. Aang air. Toph earth. Dlc Katara for water, zuko for another fire plus popular, blue spirit costume for leonardo....
Or maybe korra is gonna have a few of every element, but in small doses over how pronounced they are in the other avatar cast.
I’m just gonna say it, his taunt looks terrifying in 3D when you look closely to it.
His eyebrows make it look like he's wearing a mask or something.
@@CopShowGuy Yeah I had to full screen and get a closer look when I saw his taunt cause I thought he was wearing a mask.
Yea it looks really creepy.
If you squint very very hard it almost looks hunan
Really awesome that the legend himself is in the game. It's just a shame that he could've had more elemental attacks aside from air.
They let the rest to korra, so makes sense.
And it's still there a little in that avatar state special.
To be fair, he'd be completely broken if he did use all 4 elements.
So he doesnt use any ground attacks and toph is in the game. He doesn't use any fire either, (besides in Avatar State) Zuko as potential DLC?
He was always VASTLY more comfortable with air
I'm in smash! Aang looks fun, not sure how I feel about his lack of range (unless staff has a lot of range) and KO power though
How do you feel about your own frame data?
No caillou isn’t in
Lol m2k
Hey Mew2King! Your videos are awesome, thank you for covering this game!
He's cloud 2.0 super good mobility and alot of mixup options but absolutely zero kill power. And he doesnt even have limit
I legit called it that he would do that weird wind disk thing for this taunt. It was such an obvious pick for a taunt, and I love it.
What's going on with his face though? I think its a bug.
@@guyatwork5527 nothing is wrong with it, it’s the face he made in the actual show
@@guyatwork5527 tu vivangiausang
I feel like the moves lack visual clarity but its so dope to see Avatar in a smash-bros like game
I feel like that’s the case for most of the characters. From all the ones I’ve seen they mostly have regular kicks and punches.
Yes bro ,i thought i was the only one who noticed that , the animations looks incomplete
I think that's mostly due to the lack of visual effects
Happens to me with smash too
Compare melee or 64 with later games, and particularly ultimate
The moves started to have this cartoonish smear effect not on the move itself, but like an added detail like if it were a comic book
Finally someone else acknowledged this too
this is a brawler as smash is so many of these were a thing in the 2000's well prob a handful or something
Oh wow, his combo potential looks really fun!!
Yeah along with Danny Phantom
Was hoping for more fluidity in his animations since he's an Airbender. Everything just looks like jarring typical fighting game punches and kicks. To me it doesn't feel that much like Aang, but some other fighting character with an Aang costume
Some are saying that Reptar is the best animated character in the game.
Yeah. His air scooter is the only move that looks unique to him. Otherwise all of his moves look like normal fighting moves. There is a lack of animation for his bending moves.
same, they wanted to use pre-book 1 Aang, but didn't give him a moveset to match his evasive/pacifist mindset. woulda been nice to see more airbending animations and pushback attacks instead of the roundhouses and shoryukens. they didn't showcase if it was possible, but he should also be able to use the air scooter while mid air and be able to jump off of it as well.
Honestly yes
Kinda glad most of his attacks are air-based. I was worried how they'd make unique movesets for him and Korra since they have the same power set.
I just hope Korra's going to be more mixed since she definitely use all the elements pretty evenly unlike Aang who very much favored air.
I think that Korra might have a water based moveset, Toph an earth based set, and if the game has DLC/extra characters added, either Mako or Zuko as a fire based move set
Aang used air the most and stayed off the ground in most fights. Focused on getting to where he has to be over starting fights so he just blew everyone away. Korra used water , earth and fire. She was way more grounded and fought head on. Heck, she even actively used close ranged fire and earth attacks to enhance her punches over the distance game aang did. They would be very different characters is what im saying
Yeah good point. What's interesting about Korra is that despite being Water Tribe, she usually opens fights with Fire and Earth. Aang is usually more avoidant in his battles but she's very head-on...for better and for worse lol.
@@gameboy8010 True
Aang: is a pacifist.
Also Aang: most hyped character in this fighting game lol
well i didn’t think Nigel Thornberry was particularly bloodthirsty either but here we are
there’s a doctor character in Guilty Gear called Faust whose whole shtick is that he thinks he’s helping his opponent with all his moves. in my headcanon i kind of imagine the same thing for characters like Nigel
I'm pretty sure Zim is way more hyped
@@whizthesugoi yea no
@@swayisNOThere look on the discord tags
Zim was up above Aang by like 300
@@whizthesugoi because zim was revealed in the first trailer lol, aang got just released
Hopefully everyone doing well and staying safe
Thanks, same to you.
I hope you're doing well too
You too, thank you!
@@Vexei nothing just giving good vibes
Thanks everyone I’m doing well myself
His moveset doesn't look like it uses circular movements though, like Ba Gua. So...it's more like Aang was just smacked onto a generic areal based moveset
who the hell is ba gua
@@kachosuffer7 A style of martial arts airbending was inspired by.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking this. Most of those moves, especially the chopping, do not fit into his actual fighting style.
Just made a similar comment. Was honestly pretty disappointed. There are plenty of excellent wushu people in the movie and games industry that could have pointed them in the right direction.
Even a couple of hours of RUclips research on wushu bagua and gunshu (staff) should have produced better looking movements
YES he has the taunt we all hoped for!
And the victory dance we all hoped for too!
I just finished the series so feel stupid for asking but what is it?
@@admiralAlfonso9001 it's his marble trick
@@thatjackass1403 oh I remember now
@@thatjackass1403 ty
i love that he taunts with the marbles but the 3d model looks really unfinished, they just grafted another face onto his face, and you can see the border where they did it, it looks like he's wearing a mask, very weird
YOOO I ADORE HIS VICTORY ANIMATION. I'm so impressed you guys put so much love into this game with so little budget
Whered you find the budget?
@@andjess131 Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon always give little budget for their licensed games
@@tyrone2423 says who!?
y'all gotta stfu "wItH sO lItTlE bUdGeT" my god
@@M4TTYN If you paid any attention to this game's development, it's pretty damn obvious that's the case.
It would have been cool to see his ground heavy attacks be the other 3 elements at least, like a water strike for mid, an upwards flame for high, and a ground slam for low.
Yeah I'm kinda disappointed. I knew he would be air dominant, but not completely devoid of earth, water, and fire.
Didn't expect Aang Showcase this quick!
He looks good and the taunt is perfect 👌
I didn’t see a reveal
Looks like they're rushing a bit with the game being 4 days away from coming out.
@@BiGSmoke-.- Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.
I kinda wish his taunt was the thing where he got a marble and spun it around really quickly.
@@Ninblasto that is his taunt
They need to make the bending effects more prominent. It looks like he's just straight up hitting him with his fist. I love Aang, but his moveset doesn't look like he's bending at all.
It feels so weird to watch aang straight up punch someone.
@@bratwurstsausage426 I know right? In the show if he punches, it is usually followed by a gust of wind. What they should've done was made most of his attacks propel air forward or at least all of his "punch" attacks. Like when he does the dash palm thing, he could've propelled the air forward which has a stronger hitbox at the end of the wind and can push people back, but if it misses for the most part, you'll still get hit by the palms, but a lot weaker with little knockback. Aang was never known for being a physical powerhouse
It feels like fire in the early Smash games, like something that looks out of place and with almost 0 presence, maybe they could make it more stylished if the air was bigger and more grey-white, not just lines.
We need more air ball and less spider webs.
excuse you, he was very clearly bending patrick in half
I love how most of his moves are punches and kicks when I can’t remember a single moment where he punched/ elbowed/ kicked anyone from the show
their based off his ablilities to what he can do i know no evidence i guess but game devs got the power to make magic happen
@Aarogance COMPLETE inconsistency with character traits. He fights by dodging. Ever seen Avatar the last air bender???? Or played smash where they do the characters the right way???? Didn’t think I needed to spell it out for you
@@parkerhubbell3802
Bruh you can't have a fighting character that just dances around. They translated Aang's gracefulness into his playstyle rather than his moves. The dude needs to attack properly otherwise we got an Olimar situation.
@@parkerhubbell3802 yea man like remember that episode where patrick wavedashed around spongebob and then KO’d him with a nair
@Aarogance lolll true, this guy really thought a character that only dodges in a fighting game would be a good idea
Why is his strong up called "rising wind kick" and not "flying kick-a-pow"?
Spinning staff? Why not boomer AANG
This comment string alone is probably one of the best comment strings I have seen
Can't wait for his best mentor, the greatest earthbender in the world to join the fight.
Idk why you guys didn't just reveal all 3 together.
I wish it was Sokka :(
The 3 were leaked we are not supposed to know they are coming
@@admiralAlfonso9001 I hope Is dlc
Toph could just as easily be one of the 2 characters that weren't ready for launch and who are free DLC. Garfield could be our final pre release reveal
The animations at the beginning take time to make, like how Smash animations cost loads of money, but make the reveal mega hype
This was my favorite presentation so far. His taunt and win screen is everything I wanted
Yes, well except how the camera work is handled for the victory animation.
“Air ball”???? I think you mean air scooter.
This game looks fun, and I know some people are saying that it’s meta might be better than Smash’s, but from what I’ve seen a lot of the move sets seem kinda lame - mostly punches or kicks or pushes. It doesn’t look like there’s a whole lot of individuality in the move sets.
The lack of voices from the characters adds to that lack of individuality. It’s weird to see characters all known for their voices not saying anything or even grunts. It feels lifeless
Imagine an Avatar fighting game created by Arcsys. That’d be godly af.
One can only dream. Aang looks a little budget here. It's hard competing with the astonishing animations of the show.
Rooster Teeth managed to get one (kinda) for RWBY, so mayb the dream's not too far-winded for Avatar-fighter in the future...
Huh, did I just write a pun...
That I'll I actually buy, and save for one day man as long as it's not disappointing, or choppy in animated graphics.
y'all gotta leave arcsys alone man also other devs too ya know.
Feeling kinda weird seeing Aang actually hit someone lol
Honestly him not using all 4 elements ain't really a problem to me. Air is just his BnB and that's just fine. However, I don't think his moves are creative enough. Like there's not many moves like where he uses his staff and expand his bending. That would've been perfect for his strong attacks
They gave him a staff and animations revolving around that but he's only got like 2 move where he uses it
THANK YOU!!! I thought I was the only one. It genuinely bothers me. He's the freaking avatar, the whole show is about learning all elements and mans only has one move using something other than air. Bruh.
This man victory animation is SO GREAT
Aang Rushdown???
Honestly expected him to play more like a zoner lol. Will be interesting to see how he plays out in the meta.
Following how Aang always fight in the serie he should be defensive and evasive.
He looks fun... But he doesn't seem represented as well as I'd hoped. I mean he's an Avatar. I was kind of hoping all 4 elements to be incorporated into his kit.
Aang and Korra having access to the same elements, but still fighting differently was what I was excited for, but eh.
I'm guessing its because they want Korra to be more than just a reskin of aang, and Toph to be unique. To be fair Aang did use airbending more than anything else, and his show was literally titled "the last airbender".
@@madcrx3070 True
I think its fine this way. Even in the show Aang mostly fights with air. Also by having him be air focused, they can probably have Korra do water and Toph earth allowing each to feel unique in gameplay instead of having "semi-clone" characters.
gonna be really weird if Korra fights primarily with water considering she leaned so heavily on fire bending too.
@@meganintenbro I just noticed they uploaded korra too so time to find out what she actually does
I wanted Aang’s taunt to be the marble trick, and then I learned to be careful what I wished for- his face during the taunt is scary!
When will we get _My Cabbages!_ guy as DLC?
he's on the toph stage.. so we never will
Not sure if Training Mode was confirmed yet but at 3:28 you can see the Training Mode menu for a frame or 2
training mode with visible hitboxes was already confirmed, still nice catch tho
Oh man, he's gonna be an absolute nightmare to fight against but so much fun to play as, I can't wait
I love that they didnt even feel to make a special announcement. They just simply released the footage because everyone already knew
can we take a minute to appreciate the background of the stage? looks amazing...
I just really wish this game had a better budget for sound effects and animation
Let's hope that that comes later. This game is probably going to sell like hotcakes and they've already talked about backfilling voice lines which would be great.
Why wasn't the directions of his moves correlated to a specific element? Like down is earth, up is wind, side is water, and neutral is fire; just as an example.
Multi elements seem to be going to korra
Thank you for putting Aang in the game. You have secured my purchase by doing so
For everyone asking for Jimmy and Timmy:
1) Frederator Studios and O Entertainment are a thing
2) They'll probably be DLC
3) The devs confirmed if they were in they'd be on the box art
Nick owns both shows though o entertainment was just the animation studio and frederator just produced the episodes that would be like cartoon network asking frederator to use adventure time to put them in brawlhalla
@@donnellmadison5586 They still need to license the characters. Danny Phantom had to be licensed from Shout! Factory
You'd think with Airbending he'd have more ranged options. Also for having the Avatar State as move it looks pretty unimpressive.
Idk if I'm in the minority with this, but whole game looks kind of unimpressive imo. The concept was a Day 1 purchase, but the implementation is "I hope it goes on sale fast." Reading a lot of comments about the lack of budget but I guess the hype was enough to guarantee some DLC later? Hope they smooth out some things and get rights to better soundtracks too
@@thedoctordb5765
You had unrealistic expectations for a 40 dollar licensed game and that's not the game's fault.
@@meyes5671 $50 game, and no, sound in a video game is not an unrealistic expectation. Whether it was a budget, or anything else that prevented the rights or inability to fill this game with better background music and sound effects, that is something that is entirely within the game's realm of "fault", though I'm not sure why blame is needed.
The game can still be fun, it may even still be "worth" it. A few showcases aren't enough to give a definitive answer on anything like that until it is in the players' hands.
If it makes you feel any better, I saw a much better counterpoint in Zim's video showcase today: If you want this game to have meaningful updates, support it on launch for max profit and best numbers for the devs (not the commenter's exact words).
You can learn from this commenter. Come up with some substance instead of relying on the people's ridiculous desires to assign blame to everything.
@@thedoctordb5765 its on sale now and and will probably go on sale sooner than later
THATS WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
So they give Lucy, a normal child, two attack modes, but Aang, the one who ended The Hundred Year War and brought peace to the four nations by beating the Fire Lord Ozai, only airbends ????
They're probably giving Korra the other 3 elements...
YO AANG’S COMBO GAME IS AMAZING
Easy S tier right here, especially in the hands of someone who can chain combos.
So many missed opportunities... No move called "airbending slice!"???
And his air ball is actually called Air Scooter in the show.
Well my interest in this game has skyrocketed
His model and some of his animation looks ROUGH man.....
I have to say, his animations are really off-putting to me.
Part of what made ATLA so cool was that the characters' moves/fighting style were directly based on real martial arts (iirc, airbending is based on Ba Gua).
I mean no offense to the animator(s), but what we have here looks nonsensical by comparison, and makes me seriously question how much research/referencing into the source material the animator(s) did.
His idle animation looks to be based on Aang's iconic stance in the series (again, based on real-world martial arts/fighting), but ingame it comes across as incorrect. It just looks off in terms of structural integrity/practicality (why is he leaning/teetering downward like that?) not to mention awkward/silly. This is a confusing issue to me because I would think the animator would have plenty of reference material in the series to base the animation on.
Very disappointed the show's real martial arts roots aren't reflected to any meaningful extent in his attacks, but I could live with it if the animations still looked convincing and cool to me. Unfortunately, they look similarly awkward/silly to the idle animation in my opinion ("wind chop"/light down looks especially ridiculous in my opinion).
Also I find it strange/off-putting that he doesn't seem to be bending for a lot of the attacks. He's just sorta... Whacking them.
At least he looks fun gameplay-wise, but I'm pretty disappointed :/
Again, nothing but respect for the animator(s) (I'm sure it's way harder than I can imagine), but I really hope this can still be cleaned up.
If anyone is interested in ATLA's real martial-arts roots, here's a great article :) www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a32689010/avatar-the-last-airbender-martial-arts/
Wow, I pretty much just made the exact same comment. That idle stance is downright embarrassing.
I was literally just thinking about the Avatar characters for this game last night, and here they are!
Big Bob Moveset
Light Neutral: Dad Grip
Light Upper: Put on Crown
Light Down: Angry Stomp
Air Light Neutral: Aerial Dad Grip
Air Light Upper: Wrench Upper
Air Light Down: Take Off Loafers
Light Dash: Marathon Run
Heavy Neutral: Belt Whip
Heavy Upper: Driver
Heavy Down: Faulty Beeper
Air Heavy Neutral: Golf Bag Swing
Air Heavy Upper: Forearm Jerk
Air Heavy Down: Big Beeper
Heavy Dash: Domestic Abuse
Neutral Special: Beeper Toss
Up Special: Ladder Climb
Down Special: Bulging Vein Counter
Much as I'd love him to be included, I doubt Nick would let people play as a father beating up his own child.
@@1sdani But anything else beating up a child.
@@backup368 Yeh, Nigel beating up Helga is perfectly acceptable.
@@1sdani Or Nigel beating up Aang.
Thank you for getting Aang’s showcase
Perfectly balanced Aang mains rise up Im so happy 🤣🤣🤣
I wish aang had more of the avatar state special comebacks at 100%
YEEEEEEEEES!!!!
I was hoping they'll show Toast Man and Zim with Gir first, But this is so much better!!!
I hope Sokka will be in it
@@admiralAlfonso9001 he wont the roster is known
They’re probably saving Zim best for last, knowing how popular he is to this day.
One doesn’t experience self-transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates.🎈
"I think I found my new main"
"the music here slaps"
comments incoming.
dont expect any comments about the music being great on this one lol
Visually he looks a bit...rough to me, though I understand that due to the budget. Regardless I'm happy he's in this game, and he's still the character I look forward to playing the most.
I hope we get one more Avatar character. I know there's that Toph leak going around which would be just as great, but I'm gonna wait for something official before i get my hopes up. I just can't wait these last few days.
Honestly, his moveset had so mutch potential, but it came out to be really lame (at least I think so)
Looks like they used Aang from Season 1 where he only knows airbending, either way this game isn't Smash Bros. quality so honestly you're not gonna get much
I felt the same way until I saw Korra's moveset.
Korra's is amazing
i feel the same way about ren & stimpy
@@johnsoapmactavish9921
But even book 1 Aang was learning water throughout. They probably wanted Aang to be air since Toph is solely earth, with Korra taking over fire and water primarily with some extras.
6:03 The moment you realize how crazy grabbing in the air is.
I'm a tad disappointed Aang doesn't seem to use the other elements when he fights, beyond air-bending, but he still looks really good! The marble trick for his taunt is perfect.
No worries dude, they gave the more diverse elements to Korea, aang is an air bending master after all
Aang, Korra, Toph, and Zuko is literally all I wanted to see and y’all made that happen with Aang and Korra thank y’all I been waiting for these two for forever now😂
Yooo Aang looks so fun and I love his down special where he rides the wind sphere!💨
Aerials? Fast. Combos? Insane. Taunt? On point. Character? Broken. Air? Bended. Hotel? Trivago.
I was expecting Aang to fight passively, like the ba gua fighting style he does in the show. Aang doesn't seem like the character that punches and kicks directly
Instead of “Spinning Staff,” his Neutral Special should have a been a counter that, after charging 3 times, would allow the player to activate “The Avatar State” which changes the mechanics of his Special Moves for a short time (8-12 seconds). In the Avatar State, his Neutral Special becomes a projectile that alternates between all the elements. If charged all the way, he releases all four elements at once, but this takes him out of the Avatar State. His Up Special “Air Glide” becomes “Elemental Flight,” where he gets free flight while the elements spin around him (like Rob’s Up Special in Smash but with a hit box and a bit more horizontal mobility).
I can’t think of anything for an upgraded Down Special “Air Ball.” Does anyone have any ideas? Maybe like a Dash/Forward Charge?
Anyways, I feel like this addition of “The Avatar State” makes more sense for his character. The Air Benders’ whole idea is to use the opponent’s energy against them, so a counter makes a lot of sense. And in the show (in the beginning at least), the Avatar State only activated when someone was being attacked. I feel like more could have been done with this character; he is the Avatar after all! And it could all be balanced by decreasing the time the Avatar State lasts or increasing how many counters the player must land. The upgraded specials could also be slower.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
So basicallty Shulks mode switching mechanic
Alright avatards, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for
Aang: Taunts
The crowd: WOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I really love the music in this stage. It's so good!
On an unrelated note: I never really believed the leaks, I just waited for the characters to be officially revealed.
it was literally on the cover art
Avatar is cool
@@drsherifff And?
@@JoseMat2953 "never believed the leaks" I dont judge you, but the characters were basically confirmed
@@drsherifff Not officially.
Anng looks cool for combos, I like how the avatar state gives him more elements I only wish he had a tiny splash more. I guess we could say this is aang right before he got locked in the ice.
I wish that there were some more iconic airbending moves in his moveset. Also, I wish that he wasn't all melee.
I like how damaging him enough gives him access to the Avatar State. Nice touch.
I'm so glad he's rushdown and not a zoner or a character that abuses range.
Which is funny because Aang in the series is a master of negative jing, aka waiting for your opponent to attack and countering. If we were going by lore he'd be more of a bait and punish character.
@@1sdani That would probably more appropriate I suppose.
He might still play like that though, considering his main thing seems to be movement speed.
It might be hard to play bait and punish in this game though cause a lot of moves look super safe and unreactable.
i saw that training mode screen for a split second, neat that theres frame by frame and hitboxes
Kinda a shame Aang isn't zoner type character spamming projectiles like he was in Nickelodeon flash fighting games, but I can see why you made him this way.
So classy, there's so much detail in this movement
ngl kind of disappointed with the range on his light and heavy attacks when in the show his air attacks covered a lot of distance so it makes no sense to have such a small hitbox on them judging from the trailer
its official. Every human like character looks incredibly ugly, poorly animated and unpolished. Animated characters like patrick, reptar, cat dog etc look well done. This games lack of visual polish aggravates me. i dont need smash quality but jesus lol
dont even get me started at how terribly disappointed I was with danny phantoms showcase.
@@QwertyS3 the game is just...unfinished. It feels bland. We cant call it better than smash. Only more versatile. But will that versatility translate properly into what they had in mind? We dont know. great ideas for sure though. But no voice acting? shoddy animations. alot of screens look so plane like it was "just enough".
Dont get me wrong. im buying this game. i WANT TO SUPPORT A EFFORT THAT WHEN OUT ITS WAY TO BE DIFFERENT AND COMPETITIVE. But with all the options they added will come a crazy lack of balance. Right now, nothing is actually better than smash. just different ideas. Smash ultimate implemented intention changes and mechanics and it was genius, that came from their experience, lets see where nick all stars can go.
if we dont support this project, theyll never get the funding to truly bring out their potential. but i cant help by be bothered by visual things lol
@@lionzcrown1702
It angers me. Catdog and Reptar are by far my favorite characters in this game, they have so much personality in their animations.
But...they did my boys Danny and Aang so dirty. Yeah sure, Danny's design might not translate well to 3D, but they could've at least changed his expression to anything other than this default plastered smile on his face. Ghostly wail also looks really lame compared to how hyped it was in the show.
And Aang just moves too stiff for me. He does all of these punches, elbows, and kicks...it just doesn't feel right. Avatar state only pops with ONE MOVE. They could've had a mechanic going and they blew it.
At least he does the marble trick as a taunt, but even that doesn't look right.
I hate to bitch, but I just feel passionate about my favorite characters finally getting a chance in a fighting game. I want to see them at their full potential, ya know?
@@djdragondrawer9339 I absolutely agree. But that thing about being hard to animate doesn't apply, nintendo found a style for everyone! And it works! I'm not saying they have to be on the same level of polish. But in my mind I know how ang would look. They just don't match the art style as the others do. That's the issue. Patrick and reptar for example represent this art style they chose at its finest.
Ang and Danny represent slap city. Crazy.
the combo game, speed, and recovery already makes him pretty good
It’s not rocko but aang is a really memorable character and I’m glad he’s back
It was at 2:09 that we all knew some one will find at least 2 0 to death combos before Day 3 of the game
Is it just me or did GameMill really drop the ball with movesets for Danny Phantom and Avatar Aang? They lack the clarity and passion that other characters received.
Most of the moves look incredibly samey honestly. That said it is especially disappointing to see an Avatar character seem to get a less creative set than say Reptar, a side character who never actually had any lore to base moves on. (Even so, if I buy the game, it will be because of Reptar. Reptar is the best. Lol)
He looks VERY good, holy cow. Can't wait to try him out!
I think he officially has the best taunt.
i like how in theses showcases for characters its usually just everyone beating the shit out of either SpongeBob or Patrick
Would be cool if he had an "Arsene-style" meter that let him power up in a temporary avatar state... but I'm glad to see him in the game!
Wow Aang's Victory Animation is the same as the victory animation he does in Nickelodeon Super Brawl Universe
This moveset is garbage. Doesn't represent Aang accurately at all. Aang doesn't punch or kick. He bends the elements. I've seen a better moveset in Mugen.
Finally someone said it lol
They did a similar thing with Korra. They somehow made her jab unlike anything in the show which is honestly impressive.
I feel like one of his specials should have been a blast of wind that pushes things around.
I hate the say this since it sounds like the devs really care about the game. But doesn't seem like they understand any of the basics of the Chinese martial arts behind the bending. I know it's just a kids game, but the show was also just a "kids show" and they paid a ton of attention to the details and always got things right. After all, it was a huge part of the show
There are a ton of weird things going on, but oh man, those default standing animations and idle animations are really atrocious. They tried to give him a classic bagua position (which is what airbending is based on). However, his body position and pose is completely wrong. Even a beginner with 30mins of instruction wouldn't look like that. Knee position make no sense, hands /arm positions are completely wrong, and he's looking at the floor, and not his opponent. And he bobs up and down in this position a ton, which is a completely anti-bagua. Picking this position in general is problematic since you usually step in a circle from there. Instead they make him run forward/backward which looks super awkward, because, well it is mechanically awkward from that position.
Even worse is his idle where he brings his hands to his center. This is an ending pose to forms, basically what you do at the end of routine. In the show, they used this a few times with bending to signify a final closing move in a fight. Here he's just doing it randomly with no reason. And again, the position, is completely wrong. It's supposed to be with legs equidistant from the center. It looks extremely awkward.
The rest of his staff/attack moves don't look like they're based on anything. Not going to go in-depth on those since they're all so random and weird looking, but none of it looks wushu (Chinese martial arts) based or coherent. In the show, they drew on some basic northern style staff for his staff moves. If it is supposed to be wushu based, it is unfortunately so far off the mark that it no longer looks recognizable.
Some references to get an idea of what bagua and staff movements should look like:
*Bagua from Beijing Wushu Team member and Jet Li teammate Zhang Hongmei:*
ruclips.net/video/3NHEOU88TaY/видео.html
*Gunshu (staff) from Taolu World Cup Champion Achmad Hulaefi*
ruclips.net/video/vHMtmkT3Ao4/видео.html
You said a lot of what I was trying to say but better! I just hope the devs see our concerns, though I'm not sure anything can be done this late in development...
Honestly, I just came to see if the taunt was gonna be "check this out" I wasn't disappointed.
our boy literally has only 1 avatar move, all the rest is only airbender stuff
he is the last "airbender" its literally his entire thing... how unique would he be if him AND korra used all elements? at least now it makes sense that he uses basically only air and korra uses everything but air because airbending is the style she struggled the most with.